Modern three-dimensional nanofabrication requires both additive and subtractive processes.However,both processes are largely isolated and generally regarded as incompatible with each other.In this study,we developed s...Modern three-dimensional nanofabrication requires both additive and subtractive processes.However,both processes are largely isolated and generally regarded as incompatible with each other.In this study,we developed simultaneous additive and subtractive fabrication processes using two-photon polymerization followed by femtosecond(fs)laser multiphoton ablation.To demonstrate the new capability,submicrometer polymer fibers containing periodic holes of 500-nm diameter and microfluidic channels of 1-mm diameter were successfully fabricated.This method combining both two-photon polymerization and fs laser ablation improves the nanofabrication efficiency and enables the fabrication of complex three-dimensional micro-/nanostructures,promising for a wide range of applications in integrated optics,microfluidics and microelectromechanical systems.展开更多
基金This research work was financially supported by National Science Foundation(CMMI 0900419 and 0758199)National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.90923039)。
文摘Modern three-dimensional nanofabrication requires both additive and subtractive processes.However,both processes are largely isolated and generally regarded as incompatible with each other.In this study,we developed simultaneous additive and subtractive fabrication processes using two-photon polymerization followed by femtosecond(fs)laser multiphoton ablation.To demonstrate the new capability,submicrometer polymer fibers containing periodic holes of 500-nm diameter and microfluidic channels of 1-mm diameter were successfully fabricated.This method combining both two-photon polymerization and fs laser ablation improves the nanofabrication efficiency and enables the fabrication of complex three-dimensional micro-/nanostructures,promising for a wide range of applications in integrated optics,microfluidics and microelectromechanical systems.
